Places omegano Wants to Go

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Musings of an artist carved into a rural stonewall.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.

Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.

Two bronze wolves atop this large rock honor the "Wolves of Tuscany" brigade of World War I.

One of the earliest relics of Italian art is this ornately equipped stone soldier.

Two of the few remaining life-sized Greek bronzes were submerged in the sea for over 2,000 years.

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.

Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Alessandro Volta.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

Was this cave created by Hercules's wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.